Adventure According to Humphrey

The fifth book in the beloved and award-winning school hamster series

The students in Room 26 are learning about boats and building their own for a race on Potter's Pond. Humphrey the hamster loves dreaming about being a pirate and watching his friends build ships. But when he mistakenly ends up at sea on the day of the boat race, he finds himself in the middle of more adventure than he bargained for Humphrey is back in this charming story of a hamster on the high seas of hilarity.

Look for all twelve of Humphrey's adventures

Author: Betty G. Birney
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 01/07/2010
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9780142415146
ISBN10: 0142415146
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc.

About the Author
Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award, and she won the Christopher Award for Friendship According to Humphrey. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs and The Princess and the Peabody's. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street. Her website, bettybirney.com, is full of fun Humphrey activities and information.